Magic Monday

[ecosophia]

It's getting on for midnight, so we can proceed with a new Magic Monday. Ask me anything about occultism and I'll do my best to answer it. Any question received by midnight Monday Eastern time will get an answer. (Any question received after then will not get an answer, and will likely just be deleted.) If you're in a hurry, or suspect you may be the 143,916th person to ask a question, please check out the very rough version 1.0 of The Magic Monday FAQ here.

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Comments

Ghosts, Slime, and Schizophrenia

[goatgodschild]

Mr. Greer --

This is going to be a long one, unfortunately.

In Fall 2019, I moved into my college dorm. This college is built on the grounds (and using the buildings) of an asylum that began in 1933. Most of the old buildings have been updated and renovated into classrooms and offices, except for four. One is next to the bus stop, and I thought it was still in use for offices.

When I came up towards the entrance, black tendrils appeared from the door in my secondary vision. It was as though there was this black slime coming out of it, and I finally got close enough to read the sign on the door, CHILDREN'S PSYCHIATRIC WARD. I backed up, bowing and apologizing, because I could feel so much energy coming off of it, angry and hungry, and I ran off. I thought I could cut through a courtyard, but it was a dead end, and the children's ward was on all sides. It felt like there were hundreds of eyes watching me from the windows. I could feel what they wanted, for me to come into the building with them, and just as surely, I knew that if I went in, I would never come out.

I already had my statuette of Pan in my pocket and my silver amulet around my neck, but there was a piece of rebar at my feet, and I grabbed that too. I said I didn't want any trouble, I would never come back, or bring anybody, that I just wanted to get out of there. I backed out of the courtyard, and left the rebar at the entrance in case it was needed by anyone else.

I started carrying a chain of additional amulets around as the semester wore on. There were other incidents like this, and eventually it was decided my medication should be increased. I wasn't scared so much after that. I've been on antipsychotics and other medications for years, but I've often wondered whether the incident in the courtyard could be classified as something occult in nature. If so, what happened? Is there a better way to handle this sort of thing in the future? Besides remembering where the courtyard entrances are, of course.

Re: Ghosts, Slime, and Schizophrenia

[ecosophia]

Oof. Yes, there could well have been something occult involved in the experience, but exactly what it was is hard to tell at a distance. Probably the building was a hangout for malign spiritual beings, drawn there by all the misery and craziness that built up there when it was in use as a psych ward. As for how to handle it, since you're on psychiatric meds, I don't recommend practicing ritual magic; thus avoidance is probably your best bet.

Re: Ghosts, Slime, and Schizophrenia

[goatgodschild]

If not ritual magic, are there forms of magic I can practice while being on medication?

If I was able to get off of medication, would ritual magic be able to make up for it?

Re: Ghosts, Slime, and Schizophrenia

[ecosophia]

1) Natural magic -- the magic of herbs, stones, and other natural substances -- is much safer and less likely to put any strain on your psyche.

2) People have done jail time in the US for answering questions like that one -- it's considered practicing medicine without a license. Sorry.

Re: Ghosts, Slime, and Schizophrenia

[goatgodschild]

1) Thank you.

2) The fault is mine, but thank you for the clarification. I was not aware that would constitute practicing medicine without a license, and will not ask such questions in the future.